SLA Europe DigiComms

Event review: BIALL, CLSIG and SLA Europe Graduate Open Day

Sarah Bicknell, Research Librarian Assistant at Baker Tilly, kindly reviews the BIALL, CLISG and SLA Europe Graduate Open Day held on 17th April 2013. Information Professionals from all parts of the workplace sector spoke about their working day and offered tips on finding jobs in their area. If you are interested in what was said, you can view the slides of the speakers here.

Meet the ECCA 2013 winners

Earlier this month, we announced the winners of the SLA Europe Early Career Conference Awards 2013. The winners – Penny Andrews, Lizzie Caperon, Lauren Lawler, and Laura Williams – are co-sponsored by SLA Europe, Leadership & Management Division, Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division, Legal Division (supported by Jones McClure), and Business & Finance Division. Each winner has been assigned a mentor from SLA Europe and a mentor from their Division to help them make the most of their SLA Conference experience. Meet the winners below and hear how attending the SLA Conference will impact them.

Early Career Conference Awards 2013 – winners announced!

The SLA Europe Board is delighted to announce the winners of the SLA Europe Early Career Conference Awards 2013. The winners, who will attend the SLA Conference & INFO-EXPO in San Diego from 9th-11th June 2013, are Penny Andrews, Lizzie Caperon, Lauren Lawler, and Laura Williams. We extend our congratulations to all four winners of this year’s awards.

Member interview: Robert Tomaszewski

Robert Tomaszewski, chemist turned librarian, recently moved from Canada to the UK. Robert tells us about what inspired him to change his career, how being an SLA member benefits him as an academic science librarian, and what excites him most about the information profession today.

Event: Meeting, Tweeting and FBing – Social media for information professionals

How useful is social media for libraries? Can Facebook really help me to promote what I do? What benefits can using LinkedIn bring me as an information professional? Come along to the National Library of Scotland and hear Bryan Christie and Nick Goldstein answer these and other questions as they talk about the use of social media and networking for information professionals.

Insights from the SLA Fellows – Marlene Vogelsang

Interview with Marlene Vogelsang, Resource Specialist at the Pacific Energy Center since 1992, and SLA Fellow since 2011. Since 1987 she has been active in SLA, playing crucial roles in the division of Petroleum and Energy Resources and the Baseball caucus amongst others.